HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of May 18, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Partnership HealthPlan of California, CA
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- May 18, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11450, row:2589)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Partnership HealthPlan of California, the covered entity (CE), reported that it experienced a ransomware incident that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 852,375 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, drivers’ license and Social Security numbers, dates of birth, diagnoses, lab results, medications, and claims information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff members were retrained in its requirements to protect and secure PHI.